Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
I drive the execution of management’s strategic vision by aligning project goals with financial and operational priorities, ensuring measurable business impact. By setting clear expectations, structuring alignment processes, and engaging stakeholders effectively, I facilitate seamless collaboration across functions. I leverage the Theme-Centred Interaction approach to build self-managing teams that take ownership, improve decision-making speed, and sustain high performance over time.
- Support the Project Aurora, Driscoll’s strategic Oracle ERP implementation across the EMEA region. - Build and coordinate cross-functional teams including IT, system integrators, and regional stakeholders to drive process standardization and transformation. - Develop and manage detailed project plans, aligning timelines, resources, and milestones with organizational priorities. - Facilitate stakeholder engagement and communication, ensuring alignment across business, operations, and technology. - Proactively identify risks and lead mitigation strategies to maintain project momentum and delivery quality. - Support change management efforts by integrating transformation activities into project execution and team collaboration. - Apply PMO methodologies and tools to ensure consistent project governance and reporting. - Promote continuous improvement by analyzing KPIs, identifying inefficiencies, and implementing corrective actions.
- Leading warehouse relocation projects, managing site transitions due to ownership and shareholder changes. - Coordinating strategic integration and expansion initiatives for eCommerce platforms. - Overseeing full project lifecycle, ensuring effective stakeholder communication and risk management. - Coaching product and development teams in agile methodologies to enhance operational efficiency.
- Built and led cross-functional teams to drive strategic warehouse and transport consolidation projects, including key customer onboarding and software implementation. - Managed the Aldi account across Europe, fostering collaboration among internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure seamless execution. -Led project teams throughout the full lifecycle, defining scope, objectives, and execution strategies while ensuring stakeholder alignment. - Developed and coordinated structured project plans, balancing resources, risks, and communication to maintain efficiency and timely delivery. - Established a culture of accountability by guiding teams through risk assessments, reporting, and proactive issue resolution. - Coached Workstream Owners and SMEs, empowering them to take ownership of key initiatives and sustain project momentum. - Applied Waterfall and Agile methodologies, enabling teams to execute efficiently while maintaining quality and adaptability. - Analyzed project KPIs, collaborated with teams to identify inefficiencies, and implemented continuous improvement strategies.
- Hired in an interim role to support the LSP warehouse transition project and retained in a permanent position within European IT to manage supply chain and IT projects at the LSP. - Acted as IT liaison, aligning global and regional teams to maintain operational consistency. - Led lean and operational excellence initiatives, driving process improvements through data analysis and SME collaboration. - Oversaw infrastructure projects (hardware, software, network) to support warehouse operations. - Managed project components related to hardware, software, and network infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration and functionality. - Developed business cases, defined project scopes, and created detailed project plans to align projects with business objectives. - Monitored project progress, reported to the global project manager, and implemented corrective actions to maintain timelines and objectives. - Supported testing phases and oversaw project roll-outs for smooth transitions and full functionality. - Assisted QA and supply chain teams with software and hardware validations, root cause analysis, and issue resolution to uphold quality standards. - Negotiated and monitored SLAs with 3PL providers and contractors, ensuring service standards are met.
- Planned operational workloads and allocated goods and transportation for bulk shipments, specifically for FujiFilm Europe B.V. - Actively tracked shipments, identified deviations, and implemented corrective actions to meet service level agreements (SLAs). - Prepared comprehensive KPI reports and handled customer complaints efficiently to ensure high satisfaction levels. - Set up and maintained standard operating procedures (SOPs) in accordance with internal best documentation practices. - Initiated and actively supported continuous improvement initiatives related to Lean, Kaizen, 5S, Six Sigma, Poka-yoke, and Kanban methodologies.
- Led a team of 40 operators, managing inbound logistics, manufacturing, inventory control, troubleshooting, and outbound logistics. - Maintained effective communication and negotiation with customers, suppliers, and transport companies to ensure seamless operations. - Coordinated and monitored processes of goods receipt, order processing, assembly, and dispatch to ensure timely delivery. - Recruited, trained, and evaluated staff performance to uphold high standards of operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Conducted process mapping to design and improve warehouse operations. - Served as the subject matter expert for the Warehouse Management System, conducting investigations to meet outbound targets. - Performed daily inventory controls, including product rotation, slot verifications, auditing, review of negative stock, ABC analysis, claim follow-up, and ensuring delivery note accuracy.